Kashi Raj Pandey, Ph.D. (2018), Murdoch University, Perth, teaches English at Kathmandu University. He is the author of Writing Power (Nirantar Publication, 2007), as well as short stories, poems and travelogues about people, places, and professions, both in English and Nepali languages. His research focuses on new forms of knowing about the self, others, community, and environment while also revealing the interconnected spaces and realities that reside between cultures and people.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1 An Orientation to My Study of Transformative Learning1 Structure of the Book2 Journeying into Myself: On the Road Less Travelled3 A Culture of Questioning and Sharing of Thoughts4 Transformative Learning, Autoethnography, and Stories5 Seeking for a New Level of Awareness6 More Narratives Revisited7 Education, the Promising Priority of People8 My Move towards Developing a Constructivist Pedagogy through Ethical Dilemma Stories9 What Is Coming? A Book on Autoethnography and Transformative Learning2 The Cultural Context: A Transformative Journey towards Pedagogical Commitment1 Some Geographical and Demographic Facts about Nepal2 The Undetected Energy of English in the Beginning3 Story One: The Leaving of Home for a New Beginning4 Story Two: The Wisdom of an Old Man5 Story Three: Everything New6 Story Four: My First University-Teaching Experience7 A Mother Speaks about Her Daughter8 Story Five: Who Can Make Our Classrooms More Interesting?9 The “I” (Eye) in Me10 Volunteering with Professional Organisation11 Story Six: My Continued Journey towards Higher Degree Research12 Story Seven: A Justified Outcome13 A Letter to the English Language14 Oh English, Are You My Friend?15 Pedagogical Thoughtfulness3 Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy in Practice: A Case Study1 Educating Students for Happiness2 Resisting ‘Banking’ Approaches to Pedagogy3 Fostering Critical Awareness4 Rethinking Culture and Education5 Honouring Home Language in the Context of English6 All Our Students Speak in English7 Promoting Emancipatory Interests in EFL Classrooms8 Trailing towards the Transformative Path9 Learning the Notes10 Life Moves On11 The Ethical Dilemma Story Method12 The Contextual Salience of Ethical Dilemma Stories13 The Dilemma of Life and How We Live14 The Dilemma of Leaving Home15 Ethical Components in Classroom Teaching16 A Transformative Touch I Often Imagine17 A Teacher’s Guide to Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy18 The Use of Ethical Dilemma Stories in Transformative Pedagogy19 My Fieldwork Implications of Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy4 Mapping the Nature of Ethical Dilemma Stories and Transformative Learning1 Personal Reflection as a Transformative Learner2 A Transformative Pedagogy through Autoethnographic Narratives3 A Penultimate Breather: Some Reflections on My Journey into a Transformative PedagogyCodaReferencesIndex

Kashi Raj Pandey, Ph.D. (2018), Murdoch University, Perth, teaches English at Kathmandu University. He is the author of Writing Power (Nirantar Publication, 2007), as well as short stories, poems and travelogues about people, places, and professions, both in English and Nepali languages. His research focuses on new forms of knowing about the self, others, community, and environment while also revealing the interconnected spaces and realities that reside between cultures and people.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1 An Orientation to My Study of Transformative Learning1 Structure of the Book2 Journeying into Myself: On the Road Less Travelled3 A Culture of Questioning and Sharing of Thoughts4 Transformative Learning, Autoethnography, and Stories5 Seeking for a New Level of Awareness6 More Narratives Revisited7 Education, the Promising Priority of People8 My Move towards Developing a Constructivist Pedagogy through Ethical Dilemma Stories9 What Is Coming? A Book on Autoethnography and Transformative Learning2 The Cultural Context: A Transformative Journey towards Pedagogical Commitment1 Some Geographical and Demographic Facts about Nepal2 The Undetected Energy of English in the Beginning3 Story One: The Leaving of Home for a New Beginning4 Story Two: The Wisdom of an Old Man5 Story Three: Everything New6 Story Four: My First University-Teaching Experience7 A Mother Speaks about Her Daughter8 Story Five: Who Can Make Our Classrooms More Interesting?9 The “I” (Eye) in Me10 Volunteering with Professional Organisation11 Story Six: My Continued Journey towards Higher Degree Research12 Story Seven: A Justified Outcome13 A Letter to the English Language14 Oh English, Are You My Friend?15 Pedagogical Thoughtfulness3 Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy in Practice: A Case Study1 Educating Students for Happiness2 Resisting ‘Banking’ Approaches to Pedagogy3 Fostering Critical Awareness4 Rethinking Culture and Education5 Honouring Home Language in the Context of English6 All Our Students Speak in English7 Promoting Emancipatory Interests in EFL Classrooms8 Trailing towards the Transformative Path9 Learning the Notes10 Life Moves On11 The Ethical Dilemma Story Method12 The Contextual Salience of Ethical Dilemma Stories13 The Dilemma of Life and How We Live14 The Dilemma of Leaving Home15 Ethical Components in Classroom Teaching16 A Transformative Touch I Often Imagine17 A Teacher’s Guide to Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy18 The Use of Ethical Dilemma Stories in Transformative Pedagogy19 My Fieldwork Implications of Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy4 Mapping the Nature of Ethical Dilemma Stories and Transformative Learning1 Personal Reflection as a Transformative Learner2 A Transformative Pedagogy through Autoethnographic Narratives3 A Penultimate Breather: Some Reflections on My Journey into a Transformative PedagogyCodaReferencesIndex

Kashi Raj Pandey, Ph.D. (2018), Murdoch University, Perth, teaches English at Kathmandu University. He is the author of Writing Power (Nirantar Publication, 2007), as well as short stories, poems and travelogues about people, places, and professions, both in English and Nepali languages. His research focuses on new forms of knowing about the self, others, community, and environment while also revealing the interconnected spaces and realities that reside between cultures and people.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1 An Orientation to My Study of Transformative Learning1 Structure of the Book2 Journeying into Myself: On the Road Less Travelled3 A Culture of Questioning and Sharing of Thoughts4 Transformative Learning, Autoethnography, and Stories5 Seeking for a New Level of Awareness6 More Narratives Revisited7 Education, the Promising Priority of People8 My Move towards Developing a Constructivist Pedagogy through Ethical Dilemma Stories9 What Is Coming? A Book on Autoethnography and Transformative Learning2 The Cultural Context: A Transformative Journey towards Pedagogical Commitment1 Some Geographical and Demographic Facts about Nepal2 The Undetected Energy of English in the Beginning3 Story One: The Leaving of Home for a New Beginning4 Story Two: The Wisdom of an Old Man5 Story Three: Everything New6 Story Four: My First University-Teaching Experience7 A Mother Speaks about Her Daughter8 Story Five: Who Can Make Our Classrooms More Interesting?9 The “I” (Eye) in Me10 Volunteering with Professional Organisation11 Story Six: My Continued Journey towards Higher Degree Research12 Story Seven: A Justified Outcome13 A Letter to the English Language14 Oh English, Are You My Friend?15 Pedagogical Thoughtfulness3 Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy in Practice: A Case Study1 Educating Students for Happiness2 Resisting ‘Banking’ Approaches to Pedagogy3 Fostering Critical Awareness4 Rethinking Culture and Education5 Honouring Home Language in the Context of English6 All Our Students Speak in English7 Promoting Emancipatory Interests in EFL Classrooms8 Trailing towards the Transformative Path9 Learning the Notes10 Life Moves On11 The Ethical Dilemma Story Method12 The Contextual Salience of Ethical Dilemma Stories13 The Dilemma of Life and How We Live14 The Dilemma of Leaving Home15 Ethical Components in Classroom Teaching16 A Transformative Touch I Often Imagine17 A Teacher’s Guide to Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy18 The Use of Ethical Dilemma Stories in Transformative Pedagogy19 My Fieldwork Implications of Ethical Dilemma Story Pedagogy4 Mapping the Nature of Ethical Dilemma Stories and Transformative Learning1 Personal Reflection as a Transformative Learner2 A Transformative Pedagogy through Autoethnographic Narratives3 A Penultimate Breather: Some Reflections on My Journey into a Transformative PedagogyCodaReferencesIndex